LSU's Resilient Season and Nussmeier's Heisman Climb

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00:00Kind of touched on this team ever so slightly because we mentioned the fact

00:06that Alabama is gonna have to face them soon. You got LSU that took on Arkansas.

00:1134 to 10 is the victory for the LSU Tigers. Now one thing that I do want to

00:16highlight from this conversation as well as get your opinion on Rich is that

00:19Nussmeier, who I mentioned earlier, he's climbing the rankings when it comes to

00:22the Heisman conversation. He's now sitting as the sixth guy in this

00:26competition to be looked at to potentially take home the Heisman

00:29trophy. So first and foremost we've seen a lot of shaky performances out of LSU

00:34but what we also have seen is a team that never gives up. So what did you make

00:38of this game? What have you made of LSU so far this season and what have you

00:42made of their quarterback Garrett Nussmeier? Yeah we might have differing

00:47opinions Casey because I have been very impressed by LSU. Not to the extent of

00:52you know Texas before tonight or Oregon and their win over Ohio State. It is a

00:58flawed program there's no question about it but Brian Kelly who is a top-ten

01:03coach in the country is doing one of his best jobs in years because this is not

01:08this isn't Joe Burroughs LSU. There's not that much talent on this roster and

01:15defensively they lost Harold Perkins who is easily their best defensive player

01:21and in his wake Braden Swinson has stepped up on the edge. Whit Weeks leads

01:26the SEC their linebacker in tackles and I'm increasingly a big fan of Garrett

01:32Nussmeier. Take a look at mock drafts. He's sneaking up into the top ten. I've

01:38seen the New York Giants the local team around here possibly taking Nussmeier to

01:43replace to replace Daniel Jones at quarterback. So you know it's not the

01:49best roster LSU has ever had but they've reeled off six consecutive wins.

01:54It's a pretty good Arkansas team that was in Fayetteville 34-10 was the final.

02:00So you know can LSU win a national championship with this roster? I don't

02:04think so but I think they've overachieved since that opening night

02:07loss against USA. I will have to give you that one Rich. For the most part I could

02:12still be stuck on everything that happened in the South Carolina game

02:15because things just looked really messy but you point out a crucial thing that I

02:18have not taken into consideration. The guys that Nussmeier has to air the ball

02:22out to the guys that Nussmeier has to rely on to get this offense going and

02:25probably that's where it comes in stronger as to who he's been in as a

02:29leader and who he's been as a quarterback. They did fall short with

02:32some of their own injuries in that particular battle as well as versus USC.

02:36So something for me to consider moving forward but after I saw the Gamecocks

02:39almost take that game from them I just wasn't sure what to expect from LSU and

02:44if they would be continue to compete but they're doing it.